youthism
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youthism (uncountable)
- discrimination against young people
- 1976, Atlas world press review: Volume 23:
- And now we have youthism — the hatred of young people, a new moral and social scourge, a kind of collective psychosis.
- 1999, Leigh Stephens Aldrich, Covering the community: a diversity handbook for media, page 8:
- Physical prejudice exists among people surrounding ageism, youthism, sizeism and disabilities.